LIST OF LETTERS REMAINING

IN THE POST OFFICE OF WALWORTH

ON THE 31ST DAY OF DECEMBER, 1840

This is a very helpful listing of persons who didn't claim mail from the Walworth post office in 1840. The postmaster was A.W. Tucker, also postmaster at Palmyra. The unclaimed letters probably ended up in a bonfire 160 years ago, but the postmaster's list of names survived so that you can pinpoint that your ancestor was living or working in the area of Walworth in the year 1840. As the addressees didn't come in for their mail by Dec. 31, 1840, it's likely that they either joined the tens of thousands moving west out of Central New York, moved elsewhere in the state, or had passed away. The transcript of the list was kindly provided by the Office of the County Historian, and alphabetized by us for easier online browsing.

ALDRICH Prousia
BAILEY Elizabeth (2)
BALDWIN S.
BLACKMAN Miss B.
BUCKLEY Wm. B.
BUMP Charles
BURDSOLL Richard A.
CADY Jared
CAMBORN Eliza
CHAMBERLAIN Lucius
CHAPMAN John
CLUM Jacob H.
COOK George
DAVIS Isaac M.
DOMUN Cornelius
DOTY James
ELTING Elizabeth
FARNHAM J.
FELLOWS H.
FIDLER William
FINCH Lydia
GRAHAM Henry
GRINNELL Morris
HAYNES Wm.
HOPKINS Nathan
KEELER Nathan B.
KELLY Susan
KNAP Caleb
PEACOCK Joseph
SMITH Daniel M.
WHITE Stacy
WILSON Simeon
WOLCOT John

A.W. TUCKER, P.M. (Signature of the Postmaster)

A copy of the original typescript is at the Office of the County Historian in Lyons, N.Y. For information about persons listed please contact the Office of the County Historian.

Online copy typed by Allyn Hess Perry, Co-coordinator, Wayne County NYGenWeb

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